Reshelling a 455

Guy Fawkes’ Day, 5 November 2010, and the 15:05 South West Trains service left Guildford for Waterloo. It was an eight-car train, made up of two Class…

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Squeezing more from the tube

Anyone strap hanging on a crowded Victoria line train could be forgiven for not believing that, a few months ago, its upgrade gave a 21% increase in passenger…

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CAF trams for Midland Metro Expansion Project

It is now approximately a year since Balfour Beatty won the contract from Centro to extend the Midland Metro light rail line by 1.3 km through central…

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Reshelling a 455Squeezing more from the tubeCAF trams for Midland Metro Expansion Project

Environmental qualities of Trojan cable protection products

In 2002, Trojan Services Limited began researching the use of recycled polymers…

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Great little grinder

There are many reasons why it becomes necessary to re-profile rails from time…

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Evolution of signalling control

Network Rail is currently developing the fourteen Rail Operating Centres (ROCs)…

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Transforming 460s

Britain’s railways are attracting more passengers than ever before, despite…

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Thumping good trackbed testing

Understanding the condition of substructure is vital for maintaining good track geometry. With trackbed investigation now recognised as good practice,…

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Looking backwards and forwards: One hundred years of the IRSE

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers (IRSE) celebrated its centenary in 2012. Although a body to represent this specialist branch of rail engineering…

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Reshelling a 455

Guy Fawkes’ Day, 5 November 2010, and the 15:05 South West Trains service left Guildford for Waterloo. It was an eight-car train, made up of two Class…

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iaf – the home of yellow plant

It must be the time of year for exhibitions. This issue of The Rail Engineer looks back at SIFER (Lille, France, 26-28 March), will be handed out at Railtex…

09 May 2013 ⋅ by ⋅ in Events, Rail News ⋅ 0 Comments
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